Here's my 2ft Planted Shrimp tank

Originally Posted by wism_chan

Not necessary to be expensive in order to do that.....
all planted tank....with good filtration system....are able to obtain crystal clear water even without water change....
but bare in mind....it's not good for the living creature inside the tank.....
you keep on recycling the tank water....and never do any water change will affect them.....some waste will be trap somewhere in the plants.....which will end up become toxic to the fishes.....of course some hardy fish can withstand....but shorten their lifespan....
how about those cannot withstand....one by one will die off.....

so still advisable to do water change regularly.....

Cool.... noted with thanks!

i would like to ask how big the cherry red shrimp start to breed , whats the food of this shrimp? what size is the full grown crs ? thanks

Originally Posted by mr.bukol

i would like to ask how big the cherry red shrimp start to breed , whats the food of this shrimp? what size is the full grown crs ? thanks

I just started as well.....
for cherry shrimp and CRS ....both almost the same....Around 2cm to 2.5cm adult.....

i feed them with algae wafer and boiled spinach....

Is that java moss? Growing very well.

Today I'm quite happy.....
saw so many shrimplet around....got green neon and cherry shrimp.....
last 2 weeks got 3 pregnant cherry and 1 pregnant green neon....

the only sadback is still no pregnant CRS......
water quality should be quite ok and quite cooling this week....rainy day...
around 25c

nice setup.........

[botakme]

Originally Posted by wism_chan

the only sadback is still no pregnant CRS......
water quality should be quite ok and quite cooling this week....rainy day...
around 25c

Hi, did u try to identify any crs female in your tanks? If your crs is living well, i am sure they will get pregnant in no time IF there are some female in your tank. I know of some "blacksheep" crs seller they will onli sell those male crs, those female he will keep it to himself for breeding purpose.

Originally Posted by botakme

Hi, did u try to identify any crs female in your tanks? If your crs is living well, i am sure they will get pregnant in no time IF there are some female in your tank. I know of some "blacksheep" crs seller they will onli sell those male crs, those female he will keep it to himself for breeding purpose.

Not sure whether got female CRS in my tank or not.....
only thing i know...most of them looks adult already...
color wise....should be ok....all of them B grade....
some even pui pui....but no pregnant CRS....
it could be all male CRS....hahaha.....
will hunt for female CRS....once I come back from overseas.....

[silane]

Wism,

How many CRS do you have? If it is just a couple of pieces, there is a high possibility that you can all male or all female. Sex in shrimps are not easy to be determined and that why for breeding purpose, more than 5 should be purchased to have a good chance of mix of male and female.

Personally, I was a victim of unscrupulous all-male CRS seller. I do not condone such ill practices, I hope there is no such blackshrimp in our community.

There are a few more reasons why CRS does not breed. PH may be a factor, keep around 6.5 to have better chance of breed. Age may be an issue, you just have to keep them for a longer time. You may want to use S-1, which claimed to improve spawning, but personally, my recomendation is to stay away from S-1. In not so ideal condition, CRS will just carry eggs for a while then drop eggs.

Good Luck.

I have around 12 to 13 pieces now.....
Bought 2 batches.....first batch 7 pieces and second batch 10 pieces....
as time goes by...some die off....

I might need to get PH meter to measure my tank PH....
never measure at all before......

It's a comm tank.....
inside is a mixture of cherry shrimp, green shrimp, and CRS....
as for cherry and green shrimp.....I have lots of shrimplet around....
and still so many of them pregnant....